Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South East of Middlethorpe Hall is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Dovecote.
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South East of Middlethorpe Hall
- WRENN ID
- iron-hinge-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1997
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- SE 599 486
- Coordinates
- 53.93046, -1.08893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a dovecote, now serving as a wine cellar, located approximately 50 metres southeast of Middlethorpe Hall. It dates from the late 17th century and was restored around 1980. The structure is made of red brick in English garden wall bond and features a timber landing platform and timber guttering supported by scrolled cast-iron spikes. The roof is pyramidal, covered with tiles, and topped with a timber and glass lantern that has a lead ogee roof.
The dovecote is square in plan and has two storeys. On the west side, there is a 20th-century board door with a segmental brick arch above it. A broad brick band runs between the two storeys, and the eaves are enclosed by the landing platform, which is supported by shaped brackets and features a single row of dove holes. The roof is finished with an octagonal lantern that has diamond lattice glazing. Inside, the walls are lined to full height with nesting boxes.
Local climate
Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South East of Middlethorpe Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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